On Tue, Oct 01, 2013, rich sbardella wrote: > > Several MWSD clubs host an "Amateur Callers Night". That is how I > got started. I local contra dances did the same, new callers would > have opportunities to get stated and to gain exposure. It would be a > great service to both the calling and dancing communities. Although > some dancers may skip that night, aspiring callers would may up with > partners/friends and pay admission.
There are definitely equivalents in the contra community, I called two days ago (Sunday) in Hayward for the "community dance", which also featured a community band (and it's how I got started a year ago, at the SF dance). But it's really not clear how to make the jump to calling more in contra (and despite being on this list since January, I haven't learned much about that). By contrast, probably largely due to Callerlab, the MWSD community seems more oriented to bringing new callers on board. It's also quite likely that I'm missing something in the contra community due to my hearing, but lots of people suck at informal information gathering even with good hearing, and if the contra community wants more diversity in callers, we'll have to figure out ways to introduce more formality to bringing in new callers. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
